Photographer s cooling-slab



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J. E. BEEBB.

PHOTOGRAPHEIVS COOLING SLAB.

No. 265,563. Patented Oct. 10, 1882.

Invenz'or.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE,

JOHN E. BEEBE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PHOTOGRAPH ERS COOLING-SLAB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,563, ,dated October 10, 1882,

Application filed August 18, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BEEBE, of Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographers Cooling-Slabs; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompan yin g drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective, and Fig. 2 a transverse view on a plane of the line a: w. Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a cooling slab or table for photographers and like purposes, by means of which dry-plates used in the art may be cooled quickly and effectually at any summer temperature; and to this end I construct my apparatus as follows:

In the drawings, (t represents a water-tight tank from four to six inches deep, and provided with faucet d. On the bottom of this box or tank are laid, parallel to the ends, a pair of skids, It, provided with rollers i, so placed that the skids will be carried by them, and into said skids, near their ends, are placed levelingscrews 0, working in the skids and provided either with milled heads, as shown, or any other contrivanee to turn them readily, and upon the said leveling-screws rests a marble or stone slab, b, which is provided with suitable (No model.)

full, and, asmuch as possible, theice is brought against the under surface of the slab.

The movable skids permit the slab to be moved sidewise, so as to make sufficient room to pour in the ice and Water. ter becomes warm it may be draw off by the faucet 61.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a photographers cooling-slab, the tank a, provided with faucet d, leveling-screw c, and marble slab I), constructed to operate substantially as specified.

2. In a photographers cooling-slab, the tank a, provided with faucet d, skids provided with leveling-screws 0, and stone slab I), constructed substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN E. BEEBE.

Witnesses:

WM. ZIMMERMAN, W. H. J AYNE.

When the wa- 

